Data Privacy
SuperMod

By design SuperMod does not (or, at least is not intended to) store data that is personally identifiable.

There are four features within SuperMod that ask for data that could be used to identify you.

  • User sign-up. Here you will need to enter a username and password. As long as you don't use a username that might identify you (e.g. an email address), then the information entered will not be personally identifiable.
  • Entry of person details. This feature requests the first name and date of birth of each person that has a superannuation fund that you want to model. The date of birth is needed to determine pertinent dates, e.g. preservation age, pension age, life expectancy. Each "name" is just a tag to distinguish, say, person1's fund from person2's. It is strongly advised that the names that you decide to use are not real-world names. For example, you could use chess pieces, or items of fruit. As for birthdays, given the nature of SuperMod and what's it is attempting to do (i.e. predict the long-term future), birthdays that are out by days or months won't matter.
  • Donate. The donation feature, if you decide to use it, will ask for credit card details. This process is offloaded to the global payment platform Stripe. This ensures that your credit card details are not stored in SuperMod, thus ensuring compliance with credit card industry standards. You can find out more on PCIDSS. However, note that SuperMod has not been accredited as being PCIDSS compliant, given the onerous nature of the process.
  • Contact. With the Contact feature, if you decide to use it, you can optionally enter your email address. If an email address is entered the form will validate that it is properly structured but it doesn't have to be a real email address. If you are concerned about your privacy and are not interested in a response from SuperMod, then it is recommended that you don't enter your email address.

Data is stored on a AWS Lightsail server located in Sydney Australia. Direct access to the server is through public key authentication. Data is encrypted across network links.

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